Things you need to know - Witchampton C of E Voluntary Aided First

Welcome to
Badgers’ Class
and Hedgehogs’ Class
A normal day...
8.50 - Morning activities
9.10 - Registration
9.20 - Phonics/Spelling/Handwriting
9.45 - English
10.30 Snacktime
10.45 - Playtime
11.00 - Maths
11.55 – Reading Roundabout/Learning Line Time
12.15 - Lunch
1.15 - Afternoon session – Science, RE, History and
Geography, P.E, PSHE, ICT, Music, Art and Design.
Mixture of Child/Adult led activities observed by adults
2.50 - Assembly
3.15 /3.20 - Hometime
Things you need to know
P.E - This term all Badgers and Hedgehogs will have PE on a Tuesday and a
Thursday.
Please ensure that the children have an appropriate PE kit in school on these
days and that it is named!
Home learning:
•Please try to read with your child at home for 5-10 minutes everyday.
Please record the reading you do in the yellow reading record. (All children)
• Maths games: counting in steps of 2, 3 and 5 (Year 2)
Counting, ordering, recognising numbers to 20 (year 1)
• Spellings – we are trialling a new spelling scheme, ‘No nonsense’ spelling.
Later in the year, children will be coming home with spelling patterns to
practise. ( Year 1 and 2)
•Show and Tell is on Fridays, please bring one
small item or photograph, nothing that is too precious!
Please ensure children have a named water bottle at school
Topics this year
• Being me in my world/ Marvellous Me!
•Let’s Celebrate
•Wheels, wings and travelling things/Transport
•Once upon a time
•Commotion in the ocean/Under the Sea
•Holidays
We are here to give your child
the best learning experience possible.
If you have any concerns, please do
not hesitate to speak to us.
Miss Hewitt, Miss Snozwell
Mrs Jenkinson and Mrs Saberton